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Originally Posted by allthumbs
I would have to differ with solidwalnut on that one. The strength of P.T. is how it relates to standard tuning and dropped D tuning. Open tuning changes the interval relationships between most strings.
I played open tunings for many years before finding P.T. and while it is helpfull in converting open tuning slide into standard playing, I honestly found no advantage of trying to go the other way. |
Well, I agree with you that the strength of
PT is in its visualization. But there's two points to why I say what I said:
1) From a musical standpoint, the intervals from the major scale remain the same, no matter how you place your fingers on the fretboard. This is one of those unmovable truths.
2) Altered tunings are called so because they are alternatives from what is standard, or they get their beginnings from standard tuning. In a manner of thinking like how 'modal' scales are altered from the major scale.
The intervals between notes remain the same, regardless. I think it's probably important for a guitarist to approach learning the fretboard from a standard tuning standpoint. Only from there can you learn and appreciated altered tunings.
While I agree that the beauty of PT is from a visual standpoint, I believe that the visual standpoint can be easily altered to adapt to the new tuning environment. The major truths remain the same. Maybe new or altered visual truths would be born, but the blueprint for success would be in place via PT
A person may or may not find an advantage, but I think it's worth the effort.
Steve